Measurement Studio - National Instruments USB-6008 User Manual

Note All NI-DAQmx Base documentation for Mac OS X is installed at
Applications/National Instruments/NI-DAQmx Base/
documentation
LabVIEW
Refer to
ni.com/gettingstarted
Use the LabVIEW Help, available by selecting Help»LabVIEW Help in LabVIEW, to access
information about LabVIEW programming concepts, step-by-step instructions for using
LabVIEW, and reference information about LabVIEW VIs, functions, palettes, menus, and
tools. Refer to the following locations on the Contents tab of the LabVIEW Help for
information about NI-DAQmx:
• VI and Function Reference»Measurement I/O VIs and Functions»DAQmx - Data
Acquisition VIs and Functions—Describes the LabVIEW NI-DAQmx VIs and
functions.
• Property and Method Reference»NI-DAQmx Properties—Contains the property
reference.
• Taking Measurements—Contains the conceptual and how-to information you need to
acquire and analyze measurement data in LabVIEW, including common measurements,
measurement fundamentals, NI-DAQmx key concepts, and device considerations.
LabWindows/CVI
The Data Acquisition section of the LabWindows/CVI Help contains Taking an NI-DAQmx
Measurement in LabWindows/CVI, which includes step-by-step instructions for creating a
measurement task using the DAQ Assistant. In LabWindows/CVI, select Help»Contents, and
then select Using LabWindows/CVI»Data Acquisition. This book also contains information
about accessing detailed information through the NI-DAQmx Help.
The NI-DAQmx Library section of the LabWindows/CVI Help contains API overviews and
function reference for NI-DAQmx. Select Library Reference»NI-DAQmx Library in the
LabWindows/CVI Help.

Measurement Studio

If you program your NI-DAQmx-supported device in Measurement Studio using Visual C# or
Visual Basic .NET, you can interactively create channels and tasks by launching the DAQ
Assistant from MAX or from within Visual Studio. You can use Measurement Studio to
generate the configuration code based on your task or channel. Refer to the DAQ Assistant
Help for additional information about generating code.
The NI Measurement Studio Help is fully integrated with the Microsoft Visual Studio help. To
view this help file in Visual Studio, select Measurement Studio»NI Measurement Studio
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